Ask The Expert Stage
Minnesota Garlic Festival
Saturday, August 14
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
11:00 Dorie Buck - “Herbs & Essential Oils for Emotional Health”
Dorie is a Certified Natural Health Professional and Coordinator for “The Herb Walk.” Everyone goes through emotional issues and crisis sometime during their life. She will discuss the connection of how our emotional health affects our physical health and how using alternative choices like herbs or essential oils can help the healing process both emotionally and physically.
11:50 Joel Garardin - “Growing Garlic in Minnesota”
Joel is an advisor to the Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa for their garlic collection. He has been growing garlic in Minnesota for over 15 years and has grown over 150 different varieties of garlic. Joel will be speaking about garlic varieties, when to plant, scape removal, when to harvest, drying, cleaning, storage, and how to make garlic powder.
12:40 Tara Baklund - “Body-Typing”
Body-typing is the foundation of Tara's self-empowering, new book, “You-niversal Self-care”. Tara teaches a simple way of understanding the uniqueness of a person's body and how to use this information to aid one's body in health and healing based upon the body's specific needs.
1:30 David Glaeseman - “Garlic Growing Details”
Stone House Farm, Miltona, MN 56354
218.943.2139 - glaeseman@yahoo.com
David Glaeseman is a garlic grower at Stone House Farm in Miltona. He will be speaking on garlic taxonomy-botany/ structure which he will then apply to how he grows and harvests garlic crop.
2:20 Dr. Carl Rosen - “The Basics of Growing Garlic in Minnesota (Garlic 101)”
Garlic is a relatively new crop for Minnesota gardens and farms. In this presentation, Carl will discuss major garlic types and some of the best varieties to grow in Minnesota. He will also cover the general requirements for growing a successful crop.
3:10 Laura Frerichs - “Starting Up and Scaling Up an Organic Vegetable Farm”
www.loonorganics.com
Laura is the co-owner/operator at Loon Organics in Hutchinson, MN. She has over 8 years of experience working on vegetable and fruit farms, and presents on a wide variety of topics related to diversified vegetable farming. Loon Organics is a 40-acre certified organic farm with 8 acres in vegetable production. The vegetables are sold through a 150-member CSA program and at the Mill City Farmers Market in Minneapolis. Loon Organics is a 40-acre certified organic vegetable farm in Hutchinson, MN co-owned and operated by Laura Frerichs and Adam Cullip. 2010 is their sixth season of vegetable production. Come hear Laura share how they started up a small vegetable farm and how their production system and equipment needs have changed as they scaled up to 8 acres in vegetable production.
4:00 Melissa Shelton - “Natural Remedies for Animal Health”
www.CrowRiverAnimalHospital.com
Melissa Shelton DVM, graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1999. She owns Crow River Animal Hospital & Dental Clinic in Howard Lake Minnesota. Dr. Shelton has a passion for incorporating natural medicines and therapies, and a holistic viewpoint into traditional veterinary care. Dr. Shelton has gained international attention for her work with essential oils in treating animals. She has also been interviewed by national radio and news media on natural animal care. She will cover the most common problems seen in veterinary care - and discuss how holistic medicine can treat or prevent them. Topics such as vaccination, ear infections, Flea & Tick prevention, Heartworm Prevention, arthritis, allergies, and more.
4:50 Tom Coffman - “Soil Preparation for Optimal Garlic Production”
Coffman Garlic and Apples
Tom has been raising garlic for ten years now. He will explain how he uses manure and green manure to grow big garlic, and how he prepares the soil for planting.
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